Australia centre Joseph Suaalii could regain fitness in time to face Ireland on Saturday after sustaining an arm injury in last Sunday's defeat by Scotland.

IT’S A MEASURE of Joseph Suaalii’s impact in just three appearances for the Wallabies that his injury on Sunday against Scotland was met with such dismay among Australian supporters. Some even felt that Suaalii being forced off in the first half with a potentially serious injury meant their hopes of beating Ireland in Dublin this Saturday had gone up in smoke.

Ireland have been dealt an injury setback ahead of their Autumn Nations Series clash against the Wallabies, with Tadhg Furlong one of four players ruled out. The prop, who has missed all of his team’s end-of-year campaign,

Jacob Stockdale, Tadhg Furlong, Ryan Baird and Jamie Osborne are ruled out of Ireland's final autumn international against Australia on Saturday.